Non-refillable bottle.



PTEN-TED FEB.v l0, 1903.

' H. A. DANIELS. NoN-REFILLABLE, BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 30, 1902.

N0 MODEL'.

Eirvdadurnrd y larlnlll UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY ALEXANDERA DANIELS, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION storming' part of Letters Patent No. 720,230, dated February 10, 1903.

Y Application tiled September 30, 1902. Serial No. 125,438. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY-ALEXANDER DANIELS, a citizen 0i'l the United States, residingatNeWark,in thecountyof Essexand State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Non-Refillable Bottle, of which'the following is a specification. 1

The invention relates to improvements in non-refillable bottles. i

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of non retillable bottles and to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive oneadapted, after a bottle has received its original contents, for eiectually preventing a liquid from being introduced into the same, whereby adulterations and fraudulent rellings are prevented.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character having a valve mechanism for permitting the lcontents of a bottle to be discharged and for preventing a liquid from being introduced into the same and provided with means, when the bottleis corked, forpreventin g the contents of the bottle from iiowing past the valve into the outer portion of the neck of the receptacle. Y

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 isa vertical sectional view of a portion of a bottle constructed` in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view taken at right angles to Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. A

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the gures of the draw-V ings.

ldesignates a bottle provided in the lower portion of its neck with a valve-seat 2, adapted to receive a valve 3, consisting ofa cylindrical body provided with a semicircular or semispherical llower portion 4, having a depending projection 5. The valve-seat is curved to conform to the conigu ration of the approximately semispherical portion of the valve, and the depending projection 5 extends downward into the body port-ion of the bottle when the valve is closed, as in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

The neck of the bottle or other receptacle of the bottle.

is provided above avlalve-seat with an interior an n ular space 6, and it may be constructed in any desired manner. to form the said space. This space is formed by inner and outer walls, and the inner wall is provided at the top and bottom with apertures 7 and 8, and it has intermediatelongitudinal slots 9 for the reception of projecting arms orportions 10 of a resilient catch llof a guard12, which is located above the valve, and which assists in holding the latter firmly on its seat when the bottle is in an upright position. The valve is designed to be constructed ot`v glassor any other suitable Inaterial, and its lower seat-engaging portion may be provided with a washer 13, ofv

leather 0r any other suitable lmaterial, to conform to any inaccuracies orirregularities of the surface of the'seat. The guard 12 is also constructed of glass or similar material, and the catch, which is approximately U-shaped, is mounted in atran'sverse slot or opening 14 thereof, anditextends outward therefrom for engaging the slots 9 of the inner Wall ot the neck of the bottle. The resilient catch is adapted to have its sides or engaging portions pressed inward to permit the shield or guard to be introduced into the neck of the bottle, and thesaid catch is adapted to spring outward and automatically engage the slot 9, whereby the shield is prevented from being drawn out When the bottle is inverted, the valve and the guard or shield move outward and open the bottle by uncovering the opening at the inner end of the neck and the loWer apertures 8 ofthe inner wall.

The contents of the bottle are then permitted to iow outward freely through the space between the inner and outer walls of the neck of the bottle.

The guard or shield is provided with an upwardly-extending integral stem 15, which is adapted to be engaged by a depending stem or shank 16 of a stopper 17; but any other suitable meansmay be employed for engaging the stem of the guard or shield to hold the valve firmly on its seat when the bottle .is corked to prevent the contents of the bot- IOO or shield out of the neck by pulling outward upon the stem. The locking device engages the neck of the bottle with suiicient force to prevent the guard or shield from being drawn outward, and any attempt will result only in the breakage of the stem.

The stem of the stopper is provided at its lower end with a concavity or seat to receive the upper end of the stem of the guard or shield.

The stopper is connected with a lever 18, of approximately L shape, hinged at one of its ends to a frame 19, which is hinged to the neck of the bottle by a Wire ring or band in the usual manner; but any other form of stopper and stopper-fastener may be employed, if desired.

It will be seen that the device is exceedinglysimple and inexpensive in construction, that it is adapted to be readily applied to b`ottles and analogous receptacles, and that after the valve and the guard are introduced into position it will be impossible to introduce a liquid into such receptacle. It will also be seen that elective means are provided for holding the valve over the seat while the bottle is corked to prevent the liquid from owing into the interior space within thewalls of the neck.

That is claimed isl. A device of the class described comprising a neck, a valve arranged within the neck, a guard or shield movably secured within the neck and provided with a frangible stem, and a stopper having means forengaging the stem, substantially as described.

2. A device of the class described comprising a neck, a valve arranged within the neck, a guard or shield provided with a frangible stem and interlocked with the neck, and a stopper having a stem or shank for engaging the said stem, substantially as described.

3. A device of the class described comprising a neck having an interior chamber and provided with apertures communicating with the same, said neck being also provided with a valve-seat, a valve, a guard or shield having a locking device for engaging the neck and capable of alimited movement, and astopper for engaging the shield, substantially as described.

4. A device of the class described comprising a neck having inner and outer walls forming an intermediate chamber or space, the inner Wall being provided with upper and lower apertures, a valve arranged to close the lower apertures, and a guard or shield, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afxed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY ALEXANDER DANIELS.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM J. KELLY, HARRY C. SENIOR. 

